Metric Unit Conversions Flashcards
Given 1 cm3 = 1 mL
What is the volume in cubic centimeters of a 500 mL beaker?
___ cm3
500
A water tank can hold 1 m3 of water. When it’s empty, how much liters is needed to refill it?
___ L
1000
A balloon (approximate as a sphere) is inflated such that its radius is 7.00 cm. What is the volume of air inside the balloon in mL? (Volume of a sphere= 4/3 π^3 use 3.14 for π)
___ mL
1436
Convert the following:
0.074 km = ____ m.
74m
Convert the following:
24,600μg=––– g.
0.0246 g
A graduated cylinder (approximate as a regular cylinder) has a radius of 1.045 cm and a height of 30.48 cm. What is the volume of the cylinder in cm3?
π = 3.141
104.5
If a cubic container has a side length of 50.0 cm, what is the volume in liter?
___ L
125, 125 L(any of these)
A cylinder container is filled with air. Its radius is 6.00 cm and its height is 3.50 cm. What is the volume of air inside in milliliters?
π = 3.14
___ mL
396
Given 1 kg = 2.20 lbs, how many kilograms are in 125 lbs?
___ kg (Round your answer to 3 significant figures)
56.82
The atmospheric pressure on a mountain is 550 mmHg and 1 atm is equal to 760 mmHg. What is the pressure in atm? Give your answer to 2 significant figures.
___ atm
0.72
Given 1 kg = 2.20 lbs, how many kilograms are in 338 lbs?
___ kg (3 significant figures)
154
A cube of steel has dimensions 0.2 m × 0.2 m × 0.2 m. What is the volume of the cube in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
8000
A deck of cards has dimensions 8.9 cm × 5.72 cm × 1.82 cm. What is the volume of the deck in cubic centimeters? (Round your answer to 2 significant figures)
___ cm3
92.65
A beaker can hold 200 cm3 of water. When it’s empty, how many liters are needed to refill it?
___ L
0.2
What is the volume of a cube with side length of 5.00 cm?
___ mL
125
How many km is 1.8×105 m?
Answer: _____ km
180, 180 km(any of these)
A container can hold 2.45 L of water.
What is the volume of the container in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
2450
The volume of a cylinder is 3.5 L. What is its volume in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
3500
An ideal gas will occupy 22.4 L at standard temperature and pressure. What is this volume in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
22400
A pond has dimensions 3.4 m × 5.6 m × 1.8 m. What is the volume of the pond in cubic meters?
___ m3
34
A bottle of milk is 2 L. What is this volume in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
2000
If the volume of a substance is 1 cubic meter, then what is its volume in centiliters?
100,000
The volume of a bottle is 500 cm3. What is the volume of the bottle in milliliters?
___ mL
500
The volume of a bottle is 500 cm3. What is the volume of the bottle in milliliters?
___ mL
500
If on average you walk 1.20 meters every second, how long do you walk in one hour?
___ m
4320
A running track has a circumference of 400 m. How many laps of the track should be completed during a 10-km race?
25 laps
A bottle of coke has a volume of 250.0 mL. What is this volume in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
250
The volume of a beaker is 65.0 mL. What is the volume of water that you need to fill up the beaker in cubic centimeters?
___ cm3
65
87.7 m = ___ cm ?
8770
A box has dimensions 0.2 m × 0.4 m × 0.6 m. What is the volume of the box in cubic meters? Round to the nearest hundredths.
___ m3
0.048
The pressure caused by a sample of gas is 2.25 atm. 1 atm is equal to 1.01 kPa. What is the pressure in Newton per square centimeter?
0.227 N/cm2
Given 1 cm3 = 1 mL
What is the volume in cubic centimeters of a 500 mL beaker?
___ cm3
500
Conversions are difficult with the metric system.
false
How many cm is equal to 1450 nm?
1.45 x 10^-4 cm
The density of a metal is 4.51 g/cm3. In the SI system it is equal to 4.51 kg/m3.
false
1cm= 10^-4 km
true or false
false
1 pascal is equal to one newton per metre.
false
The conversion from one metric system unit to another results in only a shift of the decimal point.
true
True or false:
253.24 cm=2532.4 mm
true
In the metric system, the conversion between units of different magnitudes is done by changing an exponent from one position to another or shifting the decimal points.
true
Verify:
100 millimeters=10 centimeters
true or false
true
4.9×107μg is equal to 0.049 kg.
true
84 dm is equal to 8400 mm.
true